Wednesday, October 5, 2011

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, and All That

A picture is worth a thousand words, and all that. I prefer visuals. I adore picture books, and images from movies will haunt me in ways that the written word will not. I am capable and even good at following written instructions, but show me once how to do a thing, and I've got it.

If you ask me a question, I can talk with you for ages. (And I'll be sketching images in the air with my hands the whole time.) However, with the exception of poetry, writing is not something I really enjoy. It's a necessary thing, but I don't get excited about writing up a thought and exploring where it will go the way I get excited about making an art idea come to life. I become nearly obsessive till I've seen an artistic idea through.

About Me

Education:

Formal Education:

AB. in Studio Art & Archaeology from Bowdoin College.

M.Div. in World Religions, Feminist Thealogy, & Shinto from Starr King (GTU, Berkeley, CA). While at Starr King, I was the first recipient of the Tsubaki Grand Shrine Scholarship which allowed me to live at the Tusbaki Shrine in Mie, Japan.

C.Ht. from New England School of Hypnotherapy

Informal Education:

Ongoing.

I am interested in nearly everything - am almost pathologically curious - especially about how people and things work.